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Because we've got your protective preventative 34 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,000 medicine is the best medicine callege today eight O one, 35 00:01:40,239 --> 00:01:42,000 four hundred five through and eight. That's eight to one, 36 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,120 four hundred five through and eight orthropos of Utah orthropos 37 00:01:45,159 --> 00:01:48,359 of Utah dot com. Let's get out to the hotline. 38 00:01:48,359 --> 00:01:52,079 Welcome in Double D the Daily Heraldi and Darnel Dixon. 39 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:53,400 What's up, double D. 40 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,519 Speaker 2: Well. I am currently sitting on my back porch in 41 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,879 this seventy plus degree weather and doing a live or 42 00:02:00,319 --> 00:02:03,400 with you, and it's fun. It's good. I got what 43 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,120 little work to do to clean it all up, but 44 00:02:05,159 --> 00:02:06,239 it's looking good so far. 45 00:02:06,599 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: It's we feel blessed hashtag too blessed to be stressed. 46 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 2: There you go, love it? 47 00:02:13,159 --> 00:02:14,719 Speaker 1: Man, Hey, what have you been working on over the day? 48 00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:15,039 Speaker 2: They heard? 49 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: What have you been publishing? What have you been talking 50 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,360 about on your platform over the last twenty four to 51 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:20,840 forty eight hours. 52 00:02:21,319 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, mainly obviously b YU men's basketball, and I think 53 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,439 mission accomplished at the Big twelve tournament, had a couple 54 00:02:28,439 --> 00:02:32,240 of wins, showed well against Houston, showed some progress and 55 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,840 coming up with an identity for this team without Richie Saunders, 56 00:02:35,879 --> 00:02:38,919 which was a problem a few weeks ago. I think 57 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,439 that they did what they needed to do and as 58 00:02:41,479 --> 00:02:44,919 they prepare now and rest up and recharge for the 59 00:02:45,039 --> 00:02:48,919 NCAA tournament, I think they're in a decent position. Love that. 60 00:02:49,879 --> 00:02:53,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, they hit quota, right, mission accomplished. You said they 61 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,080 hit quota for the Big twelve tournament. Now, what is 62 00:02:56,159 --> 00:02:58,039 quota for the NCAA tournament. 63 00:03:00,159 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. All we know about the NCAA tournament is it's 64 00:03:03,439 --> 00:03:07,000 about matchups. Sometimes you have a good matchup, sometimes you 65 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,120 don't have a good matchup. And as probably the number 66 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,840 six seed, you're going to play an eleven which could 67 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,159 be from a power conference, that could be a good 68 00:03:17,199 --> 00:03:20,879 team from mid major. You just never know. Excuse me. 69 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,560 Last last year, you know it was from a mid major, 70 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,000 and the year before that was a mid major. So 71 00:03:27,159 --> 00:03:29,520 you know, it looks like they're maybe going to pick 72 00:03:29,599 --> 00:03:33,680 up that kind of situation because they are competing on 73 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,719 both sides of the ball now very well. I could 74 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,000 see them getting out of the first weekend two weeks ago. 75 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,840 I wouldn't have said that. I would have said they're 76 00:03:41,879 --> 00:03:45,000 they're mayby, maybe they're one and done. Maybe they win 77 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,360 one and lose the second. But I just didn't see 78 00:03:47,639 --> 00:03:49,560 how they were going to get out of that first weekend. 79 00:03:50,159 --> 00:03:53,080 Now with some of the changes they've made the defense, 80 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:58,879 simplifying things and bringing in some energy with with you know, 81 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:06,319 guys like I mean Boop and guys like Calexi on 82 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:11,560 offense and Dominique Umandi on defense. They're they're providing a 83 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,919 little bit more hope that this this team can get 84 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,800 themselves out of that first weekend back to the Sweet sixteen. 85 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's uh. I mean I feel like like a 86 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,720 month ago, a little after a little more than a 87 00:04:25,759 --> 00:04:28,399 month ago, like before Ritchie's injury, Like we kept on 88 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,920 hearing how they they found their identity, Like, hey, we 89 00:04:30,959 --> 00:04:33,399 feel like we found our identity. I was not buying it. 90 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,600 I was not buying it at that time. Now they're 91 00:04:36,639 --> 00:04:39,199 saying we found our identity. I'm buying it, right, That's 92 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,000 how I feel. Are you buying it now? 93 00:04:42,879 --> 00:04:45,759 Speaker 2: Well more than then? And you know, one of the 94 00:04:45,759 --> 00:04:47,519 things that Kevin Young's talked about is, you know some 95 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,279 of the dark times that they've gone through. And I 96 00:04:50,319 --> 00:04:53,560 think the darkest time was three and a half minutes 97 00:04:53,600 --> 00:05:01,160 in the second half against UCF at home, thirty six points. 98 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,879 I was like, where in the world does this team 99 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,560 think they're doing? How can they possibly be this bad? 100 00:05:07,639 --> 00:05:10,600 It didn't make sense. They've been able to recover from that, 101 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,720 and so now I'm buying it a little bit more 102 00:05:12,759 --> 00:05:17,319 than I was previously. I think that again, they've found 103 00:05:17,319 --> 00:05:20,319 some things that work defensively. They're getting that effort on 104 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,240 both sides of the ball, and that will get you 105 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,120 a long way. And they're you know, they're not going 106 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,879 to play a big twelve team in the first two 107 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:30,079 rounds of the NCAA tournament. And that's a good thing 108 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,279 because it's a grind and teams know you really well, 109 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,839 and the way the game's officiated is unique, and so 110 00:05:37,959 --> 00:05:40,879 it's a nice break for all teams, but for BYU 111 00:05:40,959 --> 00:05:43,399 particularly to match up against somebody else. 112 00:05:44,639 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: Double d Darnell Dixon here on your Utah ESPN Radio 113 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:53,199 Network talking to Cougar Beat and some Cougar basketball. What's 114 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,160 been most impressive to you over the last maybe three 115 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,720 or four games from BYU basketball. What's stood out to 116 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,160 you specifically that makes you out the mystic more optimistic 117 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:01,680 than you were. 118 00:06:03,439 --> 00:06:05,639 Speaker 2: Well, one of the things that has stood out is 119 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,480 I think AJ has gotten better over this last couple 120 00:06:08,519 --> 00:06:12,120 of weeks and Rob's gotten better. They had to get 121 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,040 because of without Richie. They had to take more of 122 00:06:14,079 --> 00:06:16,920 the offense on them. But I think AJ is rebounding 123 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,759 a little better. I think Rob is is kind of 124 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,240 focusing a little bit more on the defensive end. It's 125 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,160 tough for him because he's he's six to one and 126 00:06:24,199 --> 00:06:27,120 he's scaredy, but he's often guarding guys three or four 127 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,439 inches taller than he is, and that makes it difficult. 128 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,959 And there were times when he was I think, really 129 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,600 lost defensively where he wasn't really putting in the effort. 130 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:37,720 But I think he is now, So that gives me 131 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,639 a little bit of optimism. And again the guys I 132 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,160 mentioned Alexi COASTI is he can shoot the ball, and 133 00:06:45,199 --> 00:06:46,759 you know, he had a bad game in this in 134 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,480 the second round game against West Virginia went oh for six. 135 00:06:50,959 --> 00:06:52,439 He came back in the next game and he hit 136 00:06:52,519 --> 00:06:55,920 some some some some good shots, and he had a 137 00:06:55,959 --> 00:06:58,040 little bit of problem with turnovers. He's a young player 138 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,399 or have some of those ups and downs, but I 139 00:07:00,439 --> 00:07:04,240 think he's provided a spark offensively. And Dominic Diamande, I mean, 140 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,759 we've heard about him being a great athlete. There was 141 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,360 a time when he was projected as a lottery pick, 142 00:07:10,879 --> 00:07:13,360 and so you know he's had to learn some things 143 00:07:13,519 --> 00:07:17,399 at BYU's and BYUS level and and since level. But 144 00:07:17,639 --> 00:07:21,199 he's been playing really well and staying within his game, 145 00:07:21,639 --> 00:07:26,360 and until yesterday, Kennard Davis Junior had put last three games. 146 00:07:26,399 --> 00:07:30,600 Before yesterday, he'd been averaging seventeen a game, and coming 147 00:07:30,639 --> 00:07:33,439 up with a third option offensively is kind of a 148 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,000 muss for BYU since Richie is gone. So those are 149 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,120 the reasons why I think they found some things. And 150 00:07:38,199 --> 00:07:42,160 Kevin Young has talked about how basically three different versions 151 00:07:42,199 --> 00:07:44,560 of this team that he's coached. There was the team 152 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,959 that he thought he had and he had a couple injuries, 153 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,040 and then the team that with Richie and Richie got hurt, 154 00:07:50,319 --> 00:07:53,279 and so that's, you know, a lot to take in 155 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,639 if you're a coach on that staff, having to change 156 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,800 things up so dramatically three different times in the season. 157 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,079 But I think they've found something and they're confident, and 158 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,199 that's another big part of it is they're confident going 159 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,160 in to the NCAAM. 160 00:08:09,279 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: Darnell Dixon, The Daily, Heraldi and Double D here on 161 00:08:12,279 --> 00:08:17,480 your Utah ESPN Radio Network talking some BYU basketball. Camp 162 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,920 Killani's well underway as well. Two weeks in, plenty of 163 00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:24,319 storylines to peruse and discuss. Where do you stand with 164 00:08:24,399 --> 00:08:27,639 the Camp Killani stories coming out thus far? 165 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:30,319 Speaker 2: Well? One of the things that stood out to me 166 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:35,039 is these guys understand the assignment. They know that they 167 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,440 need to win the Big Twelve Championship and they need 168 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:42,039 to get to the playoffs, and I think they believe 169 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,600 they can even with the changes they're going to have 170 00:08:44,639 --> 00:08:46,320 to make because of guys who have moved on and 171 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:50,240 graduated and whatnot. They are going to hold themselves to 172 00:08:50,279 --> 00:08:52,759 a high standard. And that's great if you're a BYU 173 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:55,679 saan that you want that team believing that they are 174 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,679 good enough to get there. They were good enough to 175 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:02,600 get to the playoffs last year, but as we've found out, 176 00:09:02,639 --> 00:09:06,519 there's still plenty of prejudice against BUYU and their schedule 177 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,879 and their style of play or whatever it happens to be. 178 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,120 And so you know, maybe maybe they can lose one 179 00:09:12,159 --> 00:09:14,960 game next year and get to the playoffs, but they 180 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,360 certainly can't lose two, because we found out this year 181 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,120 that's not possible if you're BYU. It's possible with your 182 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:24,039 other teams, just not BYU. So they have some hills 183 00:09:24,039 --> 00:09:29,799 to climb, but they are certainly capable of putting forth 184 00:09:29,799 --> 00:09:32,240 the season and gives them an opportunity to meet their goals. 185 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,200 And you can see that work taking place. I love 186 00:09:36,279 --> 00:09:38,679 what Kelly the Thing is doing. I think his energy 187 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,000 is really going to invigorate that defense and maybe take 188 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,360 it to another level. That would be great because we 189 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:46,720 know what a great job Jay Hill did and with 190 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:51,440 with Kelly doing his thing, the Kpop Demon Hunters should 191 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:52,000 be pretty good. 192 00:09:51,919 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 1: This year, no doubt about it. Capeop the Demon Hunter 193 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:01,639 is uh trying to make this defense or maintain a 194 00:10:01,759 --> 00:10:05,120 top twenty five defense, and it looks like he's on 195 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,799 track for it. The defense has looked good so far 196 00:10:07,919 --> 00:10:11,440 during Camp Kolane. He's got a ton of talent that 197 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,559 returns in twenty twenty six, and so I'm very much 198 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:19,720 intrigued to see what happens with that defense going forward. 199 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:28,559 Darnell is, is this BYU football team built to obtain 200 00:10:28,799 --> 00:10:33,639 to earn another double digit win season three consecutive seasons. 201 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,600 It hasn't happened in a long time where you get 202 00:10:36,639 --> 00:10:40,200 double digit wins. Last time was in the two thousand 203 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,879 and six through two thousand and eight seasons. 204 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's tough. I mean, this is not an easy 205 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,600 proposition for any team to continue to be excellent, and 206 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,559 playing in the Big twelve is ramp things up. You're 207 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,159 playing better teams each week, and you know they open 208 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:00,679 with U tah Tech with should be a win, but 209 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,960 then they jump right into the conference play with Arizona 210 00:11:03,519 --> 00:11:08,200 and so it's a tough gig and they know that 211 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,200 getting Notre Dame in Profo is going to be a 212 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,279 lot of fun. I'm sure there'll be lots to talk 213 00:11:15,279 --> 00:11:18,639 about that week. Is the Irish after about twenty years, 214 00:11:18,639 --> 00:11:20,879 finally decide to show up in Provo. We'll see what 215 00:11:20,919 --> 00:11:24,440 happens there. But they're putting the pieces together and that's 216 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,519 bringing back a starting quarterback is always the best place 217 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,840 to start, and they're doing that, and so a lot 218 00:11:31,879 --> 00:11:34,480 of other good returners at positions, and they I feel 219 00:11:34,519 --> 00:11:37,519 like they've filled with some holes with some transfers and 220 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:41,080 some new players. They didn't go overboard, though, And as 221 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,440 you look at the landscape of college football, you see 222 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,159 programs bringing in a lot of the different guys. There's 223 00:11:46,159 --> 00:11:48,039 a couple of teams in the Big twelve that are 224 00:11:48,639 --> 00:11:51,000 practically replacing their entire roster and that's going to be 225 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,919 really interesting to see what happens at places like Iowa State. 226 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,000 But by using a good spot, I think they have 227 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,000 enough retention with some good young talent coming in from 228 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:04,080 other places, and they're they're in a good position. 229 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,799 Speaker 1: Darnell is I know, we haven't talked a whole lot 230 00:12:09,799 --> 00:12:12,320 of baseball. It is firing up now. They did get 231 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:16,000 their first win five to two of our Cincinnati And 232 00:12:16,399 --> 00:12:19,639 we did discuss years ago, like when BYU got their 233 00:12:19,759 --> 00:12:23,120 invite to the Big Twelve, which teams would struggle the 234 00:12:23,159 --> 00:12:25,960 most in the Big Twelve, and we all concluded it 235 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,799 would be baseball. Is this the year that they kind 236 00:12:29,799 --> 00:12:32,720 of get over the hump and start winning and they're 237 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:37,919 on the on the win side of the five hundred, right, 238 00:12:37,919 --> 00:12:40,320 They're on that winning side of the ledger, if you will, 239 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:42,759 rather than being on the losing side in Big Twelve play. 240 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 2: I don't think it's this year. I think they still 241 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:48,679 have a lot of work to do with the pitching. 242 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,279 They hired a new pitching coach this year to try 243 00:12:51,279 --> 00:12:54,720 to facilitate some of that. I went to their first 244 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,480 home game they played cal Baptist, and in that three 245 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:02,080 game series, cal Baptists scored like thirty six runs, had 246 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,080 fifty hits and eight or nine home runs. Cal Baptists 247 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,320 from the whack and I was just kind of shocked 248 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,080 that it was that bad. Now, the opener against Cincinnati, 249 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,399 they got a good pitching performance and won that first game. 250 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,399 They're down four to nothing in the fourth today, So 251 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,240 I just don't think there's enough on that pitching staff 252 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:24,639 to allow them to get over the top in the 253 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,559 Big twelve and win more than they lose. I think 254 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,519 they're still going to be fortunate to hit about five 255 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,360 hundred conference play, which may or may not be enough 256 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,320 to get them to the playoffs, which you know, the 257 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,240 conference tournament, but they're still a ways off. They can 258 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,039 hit the ball, They've got guys they can hit the ball, 259 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,960 but it's always going to come down to pitching at 260 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,039 the BYU's version of the launching pad, and so far 261 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,879 this year the pitching has been better. They've lowered the 262 00:13:50,919 --> 00:13:54,000 ERA from about seven or eight to about five or six, 263 00:13:54,639 --> 00:13:57,440 so they're working in some good parameters. But I still 264 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,080 think there's plenty of work to do. 265 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: You have work to be done, no doubt about it. 266 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:08,600 Darnell Dixon, the Daily Heraldian. We are getting into kind 267 00:14:08,639 --> 00:14:12,679 of off season high school, you know, and some of 268 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,200 the recruiting that goes on during the off season, right 269 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,759 and you know, are there are there particular players right 270 00:14:19,799 --> 00:14:22,840 now in the state for the twenty twenty seven class 271 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,240 that you're keeping an eye on during the recruiting process 272 00:14:26,559 --> 00:14:29,679 to see where they're, how they're developing, where they're going 273 00:14:29,759 --> 00:14:32,360 to be eventually committing, because we're getting to we're getting 274 00:14:32,399 --> 00:14:33,360 closer to that time. 275 00:14:35,639 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, Ben, I'm kind of wrapped up in spring sports 276 00:14:39,039 --> 00:14:40,639 right now. I haven't really given a whole lot of 277 00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:45,480 thought to the class of twenty twenty seven yet. It's 278 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,120 you know, you Te's got a good reputation for having 279 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,279 good players, and they they definitely put, you know, some 280 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:56,080 good good guys on BYU system this year. There are 281 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,480 some good coaches out there, and I think that there's 282 00:14:59,519 --> 00:15:02,919 still you know, the Nils trickling down a little bit 283 00:15:03,159 --> 00:15:06,000 to this area, and there's guys that are transferring, and yeah, 284 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,639 we'll find that all out. 285 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,039 Speaker 1: But I still feel like, let me give you, let 286 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:12,840 me give you a few names, let me give you 287 00:15:12,879 --> 00:15:14,919 a few names. I know you haven't been casting your 288 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,480 gaze at it, but like Body Sparrow, Caysville, very intrigued 289 00:15:18,519 --> 00:15:21,799 by him, Ian Aloisio, Timfeud, these are all guys that 290 00:15:21,799 --> 00:15:27,039 are being recruited by Byu. I think even you know 291 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,159 Jennal Guilford junior, I mean he was at Skyridge. I 292 00:15:29,159 --> 00:15:31,559 don't know if he's going to be finishing his career 293 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,679 at Skyridge or if he's heading out to Michigan for 294 00:15:34,679 --> 00:15:38,120 his final season. It'll be intrigued interesting. There another big 295 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:42,320 recruit that Jay Hill is targeting, Peyton Higginson at a 296 00:15:42,399 --> 00:15:47,919 Salem Utah big safety athlete Diesel Dart at our corner 297 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,200 of canyon. There's some good football players locally in the 298 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,720 twenty twenty seven class that I'm intrigued to see where 299 00:15:54,759 --> 00:15:57,240 they end up and how their recruitment goes. 300 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm from heard of most of those guys that 301 00:16:01,919 --> 00:16:06,080 you're talking about. Nobody really jumps out at me yet, 302 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:10,399 Like like we're in this class with Kennon Callaway from 303 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:15,960 Orum being one of those guys, and Lopetty Wulla who's 304 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:20,120 in spring camp right now. That guy's dominant. So I 305 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,320 don't see any bitter like that yet. But you know 306 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,159 this time of year when guys are in passing leagues 307 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,480 and going to camps and things like that, they start 308 00:16:28,559 --> 00:16:30,360 to make some of that improvement and they start to 309 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,720 get some attention. So I think over the next few 310 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,279 months we're going to see quite a bit of that, 311 00:16:34,799 --> 00:16:36,919 to see guys that are starting to make a name 312 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,639 for themselves nationally and starting to get recognized. 313 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: Double D The Daily Heraldi and Darnell Best Way of Sports. 314 00:16:43,039 --> 00:16:44,600 You what you do, how you do it. For all 315 00:16:44,639 --> 00:16:48,120 of our listeners that love hearing from you, love reading you. 316 00:16:50,399 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 2: It's good to be on the program. Then, Haroldexter dot 317 00:16:53,159 --> 00:16:55,799 com is the place to go and and follow me 318 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:56,799 on x at. 319 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,799 Speaker 1: Darnell writes, boom, shuck a luck at Darnell. 320 00:16:59,799 --> 00:16:59,919 Speaker 2: All. 321 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, be careful of your hot takes on baseball too. 322 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:04,359 We want you to get in trouble. 323 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't want to get anybody mad at me. 324 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: I Ever since that that reprimand, I've noticed you haven't 325 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,400 been as fiery on Twitter. I was that a deterrent 326 00:17:14,559 --> 00:17:16,960 for the hot takes on on Twitter? Did you do 327 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:18,279 you step to take a step back? 328 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,799 Speaker 2: No, it was not. In fact, I was sparring with 329 00:17:21,839 --> 00:17:24,119 a couple of Houston fans today. Really. 330 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,559 Speaker 1: Yes, Oh my goodness, Grace, I gotta get over. I 331 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:30,000 gotta go get over to your feed right now, Darnell writes, 332 00:17:30,079 --> 00:17:34,119 and see you see the sparring. See this verbal jousting 333 00:17:34,759 --> 00:17:36,359 from the Daily LA. 334 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,319 Speaker 2: You know they're they're they're upset or they're they're trying 335 00:17:40,319 --> 00:17:42,960 to be superior about how b Way fans are complaining 336 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,400 about officiating and how I'm sure Houston would never complain 337 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,880 about officiating. You say, you know AJ got twenty three 338 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,599 throws like Kevin Jung said he should have. I'm sure 339 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:53,960 they would never mention that at all. 340 00:17:54,559 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 1: Never never. Oh, this this one got this tweet. Actually 341 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,160 this drives coaches. Ray AJ has the rebound, Houston rakes 342 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,319 his arm, the balls loose, no call basket for Houston. 343 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,359 On the other n BA, he simply competes for a 344 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:12,119 rebound gets smacked with the foul. Consistency is the great 345 00:18:12,279 --> 00:18:15,839 bane of officiating. Oh, I see what you did to hear? 346 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that was great. 347 00:18:19,279 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: That one didn't come across my feed. I'm ticked off 348 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,440 about it. And I didn't see this one. 349 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 2: Well, you know, I don't. Maybe you're not following me. 350 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:31,079 Speaker 1: Ben i am oh I followed the Daily Heraldian. I 351 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,279 follow him. That one just didn't pop up across my feed. 352 00:18:34,319 --> 00:18:36,240 I don't know why, but I'm ticked off about it. 353 00:18:36,279 --> 00:18:40,400 That was really good. Look like how many free throws? Look? 354 00:18:40,759 --> 00:18:44,119 Kay said that he should have been at the line 355 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,880 twenty times versus Houston agreer disagree. 356 00:18:47,839 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 2: Well, here's the thing I was thinking about ben is 357 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,920 and and Kevin did mention too. One of the things 358 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,160 you do want to do against Houston is you want 359 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:59,039 to compete with the possessions. You wanted to be similar 360 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,759 in number of possessions, and that's hard to do with 361 00:19:01,799 --> 00:19:04,799 Houston because number one, they are a great offensive rebounding team, 362 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:07,839 really really good. Last night, they were plus nine on 363 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,359 offensive rebounds, So that's nine extra possessions they got. Now, 364 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,039 they're not going to score on every one of those, 365 00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:16,599 but their extra possession means you don't get the ball right. 366 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,000 So that's one reason. The second part of it is 367 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,599 the way the game is officiated in the Big twelve, 368 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:27,240 the way game last night was officiated. Houston benefits from 369 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:31,359 that because they are a physical, explosive, athletic defensive team, 370 00:19:32,039 --> 00:19:35,799 and they're really good at being physical and not getting 371 00:19:35,839 --> 00:19:39,920 kous called. Do I think aj should have twenty free throws? No, 372 00:19:40,039 --> 00:19:42,279 maybe a twenty, Maybe he gets another four or five. 373 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,960 Maybe maybe Rob gets three or four more. All of 374 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,759 a sudden. You're talking about seven or eight more points 375 00:19:47,759 --> 00:19:50,039 in a three point game with two minutes left. It 376 00:19:50,079 --> 00:19:53,200 could make a difference. It definitely could. B Yu needs 377 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,000 to be better at not fouling and making it obvious, 378 00:19:57,039 --> 00:20:00,079 I guess, but certainly Kevin Young was upset that a 379 00:20:00,079 --> 00:20:02,720 few of those weren't called. And I would say that 380 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,119 that another thing about the NCAA tournament is hopefully be 381 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:07,839 what he doesn't get big twelve reps and then we'll 382 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,319 see if AJ get some of those calls. He wasn't 383 00:20:10,319 --> 00:20:14,359 getting twenty three throws for maybe not fifteen. Yeah, I 384 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,200 think that definitely earned some of those. 385 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:21,079 Speaker 1: The Daily heraldy in himself love you appreciate chick, great 386 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,240 stuff as always, Double D. We'll catch up me again soon. 387 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, you too, have a great weekend. 388 00:20:26,799 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: All right, buddy, there you go. That's double D Darnelle 389 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,160 Dixon And that segment was brought to by Orthropos of 390 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,640 Utah Orthorposovutah dot com. 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